Investing.com – India equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Metals, Auto and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 lost 0.37%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index fell 0.37%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (NS:BHEL), which rose 5.07% or 7.30 points to trade at 151.35 at the close. Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (NS:BPCL) added 1.72% or 12.15 points to end at 717.50 and Larsen & Toubro Limited (NS:LART) was up 1.20% or 17.80 points to 1501.60 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tata Motors Ltd . (NS:TAMO), which lost 3.57% or 18.75 points to trade at 507.10 in late trade. Tata Motors DV Ltd (NS:TAMdv) declined 3.41% or 11.25 points to end at 319.00 and Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (NS:ONGC) shed 2.86% or 5.70 points to 193.30.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which rose 1.10% to 944.75, Larsen & Toubro Limited (BO:LART) which was up 1.02% to settle at 1500.05 and Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (BO:MRTI) which gained 0.89% to close at 6205.90.
The worst performers were Tata Motors Ltd. (BO:TAMO) which was down 3.52% to 506.80 in late trade, Coal India Limited (BO:COAL) which lost 2.88% to settle at 315.60 and Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (BO:ONGC) which was down 2.86% to 193.30 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 865 to 647 and 53 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1534 fell and 1280 advanced, while 116 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 0.82% to 13.5075.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.00% or 0.05 to $1232.15 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 0.30% or 0.16 to hit $52.85 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 0.25% or 0.14 to trade at $55.58 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.28% to 67.392, while EUR/INR fell 0.48% to 71.8858.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.78% at 100.62.